The "Corruption Chronicles" points to a "Drudge Report" post about a meeting the Senator had with chief campaign media adviser David Axelrod.
The CC says
"Barack Obama, the popular Illinois senator and top Democratic presidential candidate, has evidently violated Congressional ethics rules by using his taxpayer-funded Capitol Hill office for campaign activities."
Senator Barack Obama made his announcement at the Old State Capitol in Springfield Illinois...where Abraham Lincoln gave his "House Divided " speech in 1858.
Obama said: "And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States..."
"As Lincoln organized the forces arrayed against slavery, he was heard to say: "Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought to battle through." That is our purpose here today. That's why I'm in this race."
NPR's Nina Totenberg and Fred Childs perform a song about the Democrats' infatuation with Barack Obama. The words are from a cartoon by Jules Pfeiffer.